I really feel like the outcomes of being good instead of great is pretty favorable in general.
If you reach good status with a lot of hard work, you've reached above average salary for where you live, and you're a pretty solid contributor but you're not the best around... That's a pretty good outcome.
Instead of striving to be better and better and better and better, you may want to strive for maintenance, with less and less effort, allowing your brain more time for general happiness and hobbies.
Don't strive for promotions, strive for making your current contribution level easier.
This is easier said than done, and probably isn't what many people would want (it wouldn't be my thing, for example), but I think there's a stigma against leveling out which is misguided.
Of course, part of maintenance is ongoing learning. You'll regress if you have your head in the sand.
// , “It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness... but the monkey is serious because he itches."(No/No)
I really feel like the outcomes of being good instead of great is pretty favorable in general.
If you reach good status with a lot of hard work, you've reached above average salary for where you live, and you're a pretty solid contributor but you're not the best around... That's a pretty good outcome.
Instead of striving to be better and better and better and better, you may want to strive for maintenance, with less and less effort, allowing your brain more time for general happiness and hobbies.
Don't strive for promotions, strive for making your current contribution level easier.
This is easier said than done, and probably isn't what many people would want (it wouldn't be my thing, for example), but I think there's a stigma against leveling out which is misguided.
Of course, part of maintenance is ongoing learning. You'll regress if you have your head in the sand.
Leveling out in one skill can mean the freedom to ramp up in something more important, or in a meta-skill.